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Esther 2:3-11

3andletthekingH4428appointוְיַפְקֵ֨דve.yaf.KedH6485officersH6485inalltheprovincesH4082ofhiskingdomמַלְכוּתוֹ֒mal.khu.ToH4438,thattheymaygatherוְיִקְבְּצ֣וּve.yik.be.TzuH6908togetherH6908alltheyoungH5291virginsבְ֠תוּלָהVe.tu.lahH1330ofbeautifulcountenancetoShushanthefortress,tothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofthewomenH802, untothecustodyofHegaiהֵגֶ֛אhe.Ge'H1896theking's chamberlain,keeperשֹׁמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104ofthewomenH802;andlettheirthingsforpurificationbegivenוְנָת֖וֹןve.na.TonH5414.

4Andletthemaidenthatpleaseththekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428bequeeninsteadofVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֑יvash.TiH2060.AndthethingH1697pleasedthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428;andhedidsoH3651.

5TherewasinShushanthefortressacertainJewH3064,whosenameוּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.MoH8034wasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֗יma.re.do.KhaiH4782,thesonבֶּ֣ןbenH1121ofJairיָאִ֧ירya.'IrH2971,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShimeiשִׁמְעִ֛יshim.'IH8096,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofKishקִ֖ישׁkishH7027,aBenjaminite,

6whohadbeencarriedawayfromJerusalemמִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יִםmi.Ru.sha.La.yimH3389withthecaptiveswhohadbeencarriedawaywithJeconiahיְכָנְיָ֣הye.kha.ne.YahH3204kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,whomNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelH894hadcarriedaway.

7AndhebroughtupHadassah,thatis,Estherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635,hisuncle'sdaughterבַּת־bat-H1323;forshehadneitherfatherאָ֣ב'avH1normotherוָאֵ֑םva.'EmH517—andthemaidenwasfairandbeautifulיְפַת־ye.fat-H3303—andwhenherfatherאָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.haH1andmotherוְאִמָּ֔הּve.'i.MahH517wereH1961dead,Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiH4782tookH3947herforhisowndaughterלְבַֽת׃le.VatH1323.

8Anditcametopasswhentheking'scommandmentandhisdecreewasH1961heardH8085,andwhenmanyרַבּ֛וֹתra.BotH7227maidenswereH1961gatheredוּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץu.ve.hi.ka.VetzH6908togetherH6908unto Shushanthefortress, untothecustodyofHegaiהֵגָ֑יhe.GaiH1896,thatEstherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635alsowasH1961broughtintotheking'shouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004, untothecustodyofHegaiהֵגַ֖יhe.GaiH1896,keeperשֹׁמֵ֥רsho.MerH8104ofthewomenH802.

9Andthemaidenpleasedhim,andobtainedfavourbeforehim;andhespeedilygaveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414herherthingsforpurification,andherportionsמָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ma.no.Te.haH4490,andthesevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651maidensselectedtobegivenלָֽתֶת־la.tet-H5414her,outoftheking'shouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004;andheremovedherandhermaidsH5291tothebestלְט֖וֹבle.TovH2896[place]ofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofthewomenH802.

10Estherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635hadnotmadeknownherpeopleעַמָּ֖הּ'a.MahH5971norherbirthH4138;forMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadchargedherthatsheshouldnotmakeitknown.

11AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782walkedמִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְmit.ha.LekhH1980everydayH3117beforethecourtחֲצַ֣רcha.TzarH2691ofthewomen'shouseבֵּית־beit-H1004,toknowלָדַ֙עַת֙la.Da.'atH3045howH4100Estherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635did,andwhatshouldbecomeofher.

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